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Recommended by John Crickett

If you feel busy and overwhelmed, but still want to grow every week, this is for you. I talk with great software engineering professionals on my podcast every week. Best lessons learned and knowledge distilled into bite-sized chunks.

Coding Challenges

By John Crickett

A weekly Coding Challenge to help software engineers level up.

Weekly Coding Challenges that help you become a better software engineer through building real applications.

- John Crickett

Brain Bytes

By Eric Roby

Boost your software engineering skills with practical tips you can implement in 5 minutes or less

The T-Shaped Dev

By Petar Ivanov

A newsletter sharing practical tips on React, Node, Software Architecture, and AI. Elevate your Full-Stack JavaScript skills to the next level!

Dev Leader Weekly

My weekly newsletter that simplifies software engineering for you, along with C# code examples. Join thousands of software engineers from companies like Microsoft and Amazon who are already reading!

Perspectiveship

By Michał Poczwardowski

For engineering leaders solving real problems — using mental models, thinking frameworks, and the power of perspectives.

Michal shares his insightful perspectives on software engineering.

- John Crickett

The AI Engineer

By Owain Lewis

The practical AI newsletter for engineers who build. Every week: tutorials, frameworks, and real lessons to help you ship agents, automate your work, and become the engineer everyone asks for help.

The Software Engineering Times

By Ryan Murphy

Become the next generation of software engineering leadership and level up as a current engineering leader with weekly insights.

Human-Centric Engineering

By John Durrant

Enabling software engineers and engineering leaders to build cultures of mastery, autonomy, and purpose.

The VC Corner

By Ruben Dominguez

The VC Corner is where founders stay ahead: sharp news, fundraising strategies, battle-tested playbooks, and the tools to grow.

Manager.dev

By Anton

The biggest newsletter written ONLY for Engineering Managers. Practical weekly articles on building and leading a software team.

AI-Native

By Daniil Shykhov

Helping engineers stay hired and earn more with AI

Techlead Mentor

By Raviraj Achar

Being a tech lead is a lot about behaviors. I learned a lot through trial and error and want to share actionable tips with you to master these behaviors.

The Hustling Engineer

By Hemant Pandey

Weekly actionable tips in 2 minutes to accelerate your career growth in tech

From The Trenches

By Wojciech Zawistowski

Practical, no-bullshit insights for developers and engineering managers. From 20+ years in the trenches and fellow industry insiders.

Leading Humans in the Age of Machine

By Joao Neto

Great leadership was never meant to be easy. But in a world shaped by AI, automation and constant change, human leadership is more important than ever.

Besides Code

By David Weiss

Helping software engineers turn their work, ideas, and experiences into visibility, opportunity, and growth.

An Engineer's Echo

By Basma Taha

Get weekly straightforward actionable advice to fast-track your software engineering career growth.

Dev Details

By Mike

Big-picture software architecture, low-level details, and how they're entangled.

Engineering Land

By #engineering

The world's #engineering channel. News, how-tos and deep dives for software engineers, managers, designers, and other makers.

Ran out of Tokens

By Curiosity With Gourav

I share my thoughts on all things AI, Tech, and Software careers.

Gourav provides great actionable insights to help become a leader advancing your tech career.

- John Crickett

Developing Skills

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